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Methods and Apparatus for NAND Flash Memory

US 12,002,525 In force
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Term ends Nov 18, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Oct 1, 2021 as application 17/492,553 · Granted Jun 4, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2019
Term ends
Nov 18, 2039
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
base term Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 18, 2019, when application 16/687,556, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2021)Nov 18, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 18, 2039High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 17, 2022
Reel 60242, frame 506
Hsu, Fu-changNeo Semiconductor, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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